Kay

When Kay, a hardworking, single mom from Yankton, took out a health insurance policy, she believed that her medical bills would be covered. Unfortunately, when Kay was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago, she found herself fighting for her life and with her insurance company.

Kay’s doctors treated her with chemotherapy. The treatment made her ill, but Kay’s insurance company refused to pay for the anti-nausea drugs prescribed by her doctors, claiming it wasn’t a necessary part of treatment. She hired us. We found out that this same insurance company was denying payment for anti-nausea drugs to cancer patients across the country. When Kay found this out, she gave up rights on her own case and brought a class action suit, forcing the company to repay the claims of other cancer patients nationwide. We don’t think insurance companies should treat people that way. We think insurance companies should keep their promises.